Before Quotes
21465 quotes by 10285 authors
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The people that weep before my paintings are having the same religious experience that I had when I painted it.
— Mark Rothko
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The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as…
— Abraham Maslow
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When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.
— Joan Miro
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Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make an arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully.
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
— Elizabeth Hardwick
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When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more…
— Suzanne Vega
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To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.
— John Milton
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Some of the scientists, I believe, haven't they been changing their opinion a little bit on global warming? There's a lot of differing opinions and…
— George W. Bush
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An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supply demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the…
— Reginald Fessenden
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Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.
— John Henry Patterson
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If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.
— Hale Irwin
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There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music,…
— John Deacon
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People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.
— William S. Burroughs
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Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine…
— Ellen Goodman
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded,…
— Salman Rushdie
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You hate it before you played it. I already forgave ya.
— J. Cole
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Before you judge me... I plead guilty
— Lil Wayne
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I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa
— Kendrick Lamar
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There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve the…
— Rene Dubos
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